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The mishna teaches that a crier goes out before the condemned man. This indicates that it is only before him, i.e., while he is being led to his execution, that yes, the crier goes out, but from the outset, before the accused is convicted, he does not go out. The Gemara raises a difficulty: But isn’t it taught in a baraita: On Passover Eve they hung the corpse of Jesus the Nazarene after they killed him by way of stoning. And a crier went out before him for forty days, publicly proclaiming: Jesus the Nazarene is going out to be stoned because he practiced sorcery, incited people to idol worship, and led the Jewish people astray. Anyone who knows of a reason to acquit him should come forward and teach it on his behalf. And the court did not find a reason to acquit him, and so they stoned him and hung his corpse on Passover eve.

-Sanhedrin.43a.20

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But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Messiah Yeshua.

-Galatians‬ ‭3:23-26‬

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The sages say: in Judea they would work on the eve of Passover until noon, whereas in the Galilee they did not work at all.

-Talmud Pesachim 4.6.1

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For this reason no supplications are offered on any of the days of Nisan and there is no fasting until Nisan has passed. The only exception is [the fast of] the firstborn (Ta’anit Bekhorot) who fast on the eve of Passover.

-Tractate Soferim 21.3

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Explain it to me like I’m five.

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Years ago I knew a wealthy executive that would always ask an important decision option to be explained to him like he was five. Some people thought it was a test, if you couldn't boil it down you really didn't have a grasp of what you were talking about. Others...

Mark Calls Jesus Yahweh More than John Does

Mark Calls Jesus Yahweh More than John Does

A common scholarly assertion is that the Gospel of Mark presents a "low" Christology compared to the Gospel of John, where Jesus is explicitly identified as divine from the very first verse: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was...